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Flash Fiction
Today (12/16) is NYC Submission Deadline
NYC Educators and Students, Tomorrow December 16th is the deadline for submissions. Student work must be uploaded by 11:59 pm. SUBMISSION FORMS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY DECEMBER 16th. The best way to ensure that a submission form is postmarked is to personally visit a post office and hand deliver your envelope to a window agent and request that […]
MoreReminder: Submission Deadline is December 16th
This is a reminder that the deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 16th, only two weeks away! Don’t forget about our newest award category, Editorial Cartoons. The category, Editorial Cartoons, sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation, is designated for artwork that conveys a political theme or message. Up to three Medal recipients in this category […]
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A Little Tug Here
Paris is a fine city any time of the year but for some the time of year when it is at its finest would be the first few days of January. Paris can be a satisfying trip if you pinch your euros efficiently. And, because the French love the New Year ever so much, there […]
MoreCharlie And The Chickens
The early morning hues of corals, pale oranges, and faded yellows seeped through the blinds of his room, lightening the blue fuzzy carpet, with large brown circles. To the right against the wall, curled up into a fetal position, lay Charlie, dreaming in his slumber. The white wood frame and periwinkle comforter gracefully protected Charlie […]
MoreThe Loneliest Ribonucleic Acid
Alas, I cannot begin to relate the loneliness of that abyss. If you know it I needn’t bore you with the redundancy of a description, and if you do not my words will be lost on you. So, I shall begin my tale at the moment I first glimpsed the cell membrane. Oh, happy sight! […]
MoreSkipping Rocks
“I went to church yesterday.” Ronnie leans over and flicks the metal tab of my soda can. I wait for a response. He flicks the can again then looks up at me. “Yeah?” “It was alright,” I begin. It’s a sore topic, I know, and I have to tread carefully. “At least nobody tried to […]
MoreDecember 30th
Tick tick tick. Jennifer shook and spazzed as she compulsively chewed at her nails as if digging for a dream. Tick. First nail off, second nail off, tick. What had she done to deserve to be the… disgusting monster that she was ? So… FAT… So… UGLY…Tick. All her friends were beautiful, skinny, talented, and […]
MoreRepercussions
They told her never to wander too far into the water. You’ll be swept away, they warned. But she didn’t care. She told me she could stay in the water forever. Become a part of it. She loved the ocean- the feeling of bare feet against sand, the beauty in the loneliness of beaches in […]
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